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WARNER HAYDEN, OF NEW MILFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENINGS FOR HARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 111,'dated January 21, 1837.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARNER HAYDEN, of

. New Milford, in the county of Susquehanna,

in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented an improvement in the modeof fastening harness, which I effect by means of metallic clasps,screws, and pins, which I use as substitutes for the buckles usuallyemployed for that purpose; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full andeXact description thereof, reference being had to the drawingwhich accompanies and makes a part of this specification. Y

My improvement is not confined to any particular portion, or kind, ofharness, but

Vfor the purpose of exemplifying it, I have,

in Figure l, represented a part of the trace and haine of acarriage,'with the straps connecting it with the pad', and with thebelly band. A is a part of the hame tug. B, the strap going to the pad,and C, that of the belly band. D, D, is one of the clasps, whichreceives the trace E, and confines it in its place in lieu of a buckle.

Fig. 2, F, is a vertical section through the clasp and hame tug, showingthe manner in which the upper and lower straps of the hame ytug embracethe lower side of the clasp, with the space to receive the trace E, andthe screw G, by which it is to be held in its place. The trace ispierced with holes in the same way as when buckles are used, but itpasses in under the upper plate of the clasp D; and the screw Gr, passesthrough the clasp and one of the holes in the trace, the lower end ofthe screw beingV tapped andy screwing into the lower part of the clasp.yAlthough I believe that one such screw will be found sufficiently strongfor draft, a

second may be passed through the plate D',

if preferred. The pad strap B, is represent-y ed with a clasp of thesame construction, but smaller. 1

The strap C, of the belly band, shows a clasp of another constructionwhich may be used in this and in other parts of the harness. II, H, is aclasp, the upper parts of which stand an inch, or more, apart, but areunited into one by a bottom plate eX- tending from one loop of the claspto the other; from the middle of this plate, a pin rises, by whichthe-strap is to be fastened. y

One endv of the strap is stitched together with this bottom platebetween it, as shown at I, lwhich is a vertical section along, andthrough, the strap and clasp g' the end to be fastened is thenrpassedthrough the two loops of the clasp, the pin upon which enters one of theholes punched inthe strap for that purpose. In the section I, this strapis shown as bent up, ready to enter the pin.

I-Iaving thus fully described the manner in which the metal clasps,screws, and pins,

used by me as substitutes for harness buckles, are made and used, I dohereby declare that I claim as my invention-v K The within describedmanner of making and using such fastenings for harness, wherever buckleshave been heretofore employed for that purpose, without intending toconfine myself to any particular pattern, or shape, in constructingthem, but to vary them in any way I may think proper, while theirconstruction and mode of operation remain substantially unchanged.

Tiros. P. JONES, W. THOMPSON.

